NBA Live 16 Demo Available For Xbox One and PS4, Post Your Impressions

[kurt2134]

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Anybody have there demo get stuck when installing and only be able to play Thunder vs Cavs?

There's some things I really like by the animations and contact in the paint just feel really bad and inconsistent. I feel like sometimes I can get a dunk animation that has no chance of being interrupted with 2 guys in front of me and other times I will be wide open and get some weird layup animation.

I do like how there is contact in the air on certain shots and the physics don't seem to cause any hitches but those situations are just few and far between.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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Even as a rim protector if I don't block the shot it's going in

And what's with the bad reactions on loose balls

[Shaqn0sis]

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Its good enough to keep me busy til NBA 2K16!

[scottyp180]

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I'm curious what people's impressions are on different difficulties. Ive been browsing this thread over the past few days and I've seen people complain about how easy shooting is amongst other problems but I haven't noticed anyone mention what difficulty they are playing on. I was able to essentially dominate on pro and allstar.

On Allstar with the Cavs I dropped 38 on OKC with Lebron without even trying. I wanted to see just how much I could get away with. I probably could have drove to the rim everytime if I really wanted. I took advantage of it but eased up a bit to play a little more realistically. On the flip side I played the same game except as the Thunder. I still had a great game with Durant, 32 points, and I was able to do my thing with Westbrook as well but I noticed neither were as dominant at Lebron.

I decided to bump the difficulty to superstar and I played 2 games so far, both as the Wizards playing against the Bulls. The game is definitely much tougher on superstar. I've been struggling with shooting, even when I think I have some space, causing me to be reluctant to take jumpers. Post players are still able to dominate. In my second game I posted up with Gortat nearly the entire first quarter (5 min) and was able to score, get fouled, or both almost every time down. All it took was a spin move or drop step in the post and I could go up at the rim. Driving, however, was much tougher. I tried forcing myself in the lane with Wall and while I did have success on some possessions, dunk animations can still be over powering, it was definitely not automatic. With that said I feel like there is an issue with low post, close range shots. Players seemingly toss the ball up even when covered and these rainbow type shots drop in. Sometime I press shoot other times I try hostep /euro step but the result, when covered tight, is a similar hook type shot that typically drops in. I definitely feel like calling plays is the way to go on superstar for the best success if you can execute the plays correctly however with these games I wanted to see just how sim I needed to play to be successful.

On the defensive side it was more of the same. Defense on the post was tough. Not sure if it was the players I was going against (Gasol, Noah) but I could not seem to stop them once they posted up no matter how tight I played. There would be times where Rose or Butler would get by the 1 on 1 defender and then have an open lane with no one in sight. I domt quite understand the help defense. Sometimes they commit too early or when the help isn't necessary and other times they are no where to be found, especially I'm the paint. With that said, when it is crowded in the paint things are hit or miss. It could be a block party or they could score as if they were wide open.

I feel with a patch and maybe some slider adjustmen's playing on superstar could be the best Live experience in a long time. Still probably not for everyone but I'd recommend giving it a try if you have on played on pro or allstar.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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Don't think you can adjust difficulty online

Ironic Some of the same problems from 2k in previous years exist in this game.
Players not getting loose balls , A.I recover much faster than the user, lay ups seem to lack contact etc..
Speed not being a factor . Guards grabbing rebounds over bigs
Makes me realize some of this stuff is harder to code for

[JoeDog10]

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I finally got a few hours in last night, both offline and with the Pro-Am/Summer Circuit. Some random impressions:

- The game looks great. The players, lighting, arenas, atmosphere, ESPN camera angles...etc. Live does a nice job of immersing you in the game.

- Shooting is SO MUCH BETTER this year. It's a night and day difference. There's so much fluidity and the signature jumpers (at least with the guys I used) look nice. Hitting a jumper just feels great.

- Not only is it easy to call plays, but it's easy to execute them. That's not to say that they always work, but that you don't have to spend 10 of your 24 seconds trying to position your player in the correct area just to get the play started. The off ball movement by the AI is also much improved.

- Others have said this, but the Eurostep and other layup animations are impossible to stop once they get going. The interior defense is extremely lacking, and that's frustrating to see yet again.

- I almost feel like there is a force field that if your defender is "X" amount off a certain player, that player will shoot no matter what. For instance, if you back off LBJ a few feet at the 3-point line, he will shoot it every single time. The same goes for guys like Curry, Klay, etc. Now I realize that playing off Curry and Klay makes no sense, but for guys like LBJ, it kind of ruins the experience for me. Does anyone else have that issue?

- The Summer Circuit is rough, and that has nothing to do with Live. I didn't get to take a single shot in the 5 games that I played last night. Is there a 3 on 3 option in the retail version? I then gave Pro-Am a try with a couple buddies and we had 2 CPU players on our team, and that was an absolute blast.

Overall, I can definitely see me picking this up as my secondary basketball game and me giving it quite a bit of run. BUT...and this is a big BUT...I have to see how the patch is implemented on Day 1. I refuse to rely on promises of future patches and Synergy, because I have been burned too many times in the past.

[Clappington]

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Man its gotten to the point on here that I can't block a 5'9 point guard from the laying the ball up its just so weird the position on this game. Wouldn't even lie man I have seen the cheesiest stuff so far I hope they patch the doing behind the back at will and zig zaggin is possible. I got so many clips of me just getting a rebound and going coast 2 coast. Idk I won like 15 straight games carrying the team just doing this all game long scoring like 18-20 each game. I really hope they fix a lot of this stuff for the people who are going to buy this game. Also Im curious to know why they didnt put fouls into the game and games to 21 just way too short for me im a 4Q type of guy though.

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Clappington/video/9749996

[SpritePuck]

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you don't need no subscription to play online. I don't have one and i'm playing online.

I am dumb, I just assumed I needed PSN subscription to play online. I never checked wonder what other games I have that I can play online without the subscription... I will go try some pro am then.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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The demo ends when the game drops right ? So we won't get the patch

[iFnotWhyNoT]

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Man its gotten to the point on here that I can't block a 5'9 point guard from the laying the ball up its just so weird the position on this game. Wouldn't even lie man I have seen the cheesiest stuff so far I hope they patch the doing behind the back at will and zig zaggin is possible. I got so many clips of me just getting a rebound and going coast 2 coast. Idk I won like 15 straight games carrying the team just doing this all game long scoring like 18-20 each game. I really hope they fix a lot of this stuff for the people who are going to buy this game. Also Im curious to know why they didnt put fouls into the game and games to 21 just way too short for me im a 4Q type of guy though.

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Clappington/video/9749996

lol your clip is my experience with the mode thus far, and if its not a user doing that its Tristan Thompson on summer circuit going coast to coast or crossing over from the perimeter and lebroning.

Yet...I'm still having fun with it when you find smart players. I've accepted the NBA street style gameplay.

[iFnotWhyNoT]

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The demo ends when the game drops right ? So we won't get the patch

Be nice if they could keep the demo alive and sell it for 19.99, id buy it for pro-am only.

[Clappington]

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lol your clip is my experience with the mode thus far, and if its not a user doing that its Tristan Thompson on summer circuit going coast to coast or crossing over from the perimeter and lebroning.

Yet...I'm still having fun with it when you find smart players. I've accepted the NBA street style gameplay.

Yea its pretty fun and thats all I ever see is people doing it so I was like well screw it if they going to do it I might as well no point in losing every game gettin cheesed might as well do it back lol.

[iFnotWhyNoT]

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By the way what purpose do the refs serve for Pro-Am, is there going to be fouls in the retail version?

[SpritePuck]

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Does the ProAm end at game drop or the entire demo go away?

If one purchases the game is the demo download the game? Or do I have to download another 24GB? Guess it does not matter but get tired of waiting on downloads.

[champjames11]

It has to finish downloading the rest of the file. It's 24GB total I believe. You can only play the finals game until it's complete.

hi its done downloding the 4 gb but where cna i check to see what the 24 gb installation is on all i see is 44% installing when i open the game and how long does it take